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Topic: Holiday cookies/treats (Read 1142 times)

I hope I'm doing this right - this is my first post & first new thread in this "Cookbook Project". You know those special things that you make only on a certain holiday? (The ones you'd love to eat all year, but it just wouldn't be right to do it at another time?) Here are two of my favorite treats - both done around Christmas. (Thought of the candy canes while reading the cookie thread, and wanted to share, but thought they went better in a holiday thread.)

Candy Cane Cookies(The prep work is long, but the results are delicious.)

Mixing:Cream butter & shortening (mix/blend well, until creamy). Add sugar, egg, and vanilla and mix well. Add in salt and flour, mix well.(My directions actually don't have any mixing instructions. We just usually add in order to the mixer, mixing well between each ingredient.)

Mixing:Special note for this batch: you need this to be a really red color. Often you use almost a teaspoon or more of color, which thins out the dough. So we will usually omit the vanilla from this batch. Since it's in the white, you don't notice the lack of it in the cookie at the end.

Cream butter & shortening (mix/blend well, until creamy). Add sugar, egg, and vanilla and mix well. Add in salt and flour, mix well.(My directions actually don't have any mixing instructions. We just usually add in order to the mixer, mixing well between each ingredient.)

Put in sealed container and refrigerate. (Ziploc bag works well)

Cookie MakingTo make the candy canes, remove both colors from the fridge. (We usually remove a small portion, maybe one batch worth, of each color at a time). Let warm slightly, to ease in working. Take one color, and form into ropes/snakes (maybe about 1/4-1/2 inch diameter). Take the other color and form into ropes. Cut ropes so that they are about 6-8 inches long (depends on preference)Take one white and one red, twist together, and then curl one end. Voila! A candy cane. Place about 8 on a cookie sheet (depends on size).

Melt chocolate chips and butter (preferably in a double boiler). Cool slightly (enough to not melt the marshmallows). Add nuts and marshmallows and mix well until all marshmallows are coated. Divide mixture in half.

Prepare two pieces of waxed paper. Lay out two sheets of waxed paper maybe 1 1/2 to 2 feet long. Pour out 1/2 bag of coconut onto each sheet, and spread into rectangle about 1 foot long.

Put 1/2 of marshmallow/chocolate mixture onto coconut and roll into log, covering with coconut on all sides. Roll in waxed paper, fold ends to secure, and chill for 24 hours.

I just saw the Christmas cookie thread further down (I think third page). How would I move this to that thread?? I saw where I could "move topic", but that seems to just be able to move it to a different forum.